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Textiles Taster: Felting Interesting Vessels to Decorate your Home (PEN24T101)

Arts and Crafts

Join experienced artist Karen MacDougall to create a couple of interesting vessels for your home using the magic of wet felting - using only wool fibres and soap and water.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Saturday, 8 March 2025

Number of weeks: 1

Time: 10:00 - 16:00

Venue: Penrith Library

Full fee: £45.00
Concessionary fee: £30.00
Staff fee: £40.50

Upcycling Textiles: Jazz up your Soft Furnishings for Summer 1 (BAR24T078)

Greener Curriculum

Before you throw away furnishing items that are past their best, what about re purposing them into something new and useful? Last term we worked on our clothing - now it's time to work some magic on our home décor.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Tuesday, 22 April 2025

Number of weeks: 5

Time: 09:30 - 12:00

Venue: Salvation Army (Barrow)

Free Course

Upcycling Textiles: Jazz up your Soft Furnishings for Summer 2 (BAR24T080)

Greener Curriculum

If you want to reduce your contribution to landfill, before you throw away furnishing items that are past their best, what about re purposing them into something new and useful?

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Tuesday, 3 June 2025

Number of weeks: 6

Time: 09:30 - 12:00

Venue: Salvation Army (Barrow)

Free Course

Upcycling Textiles: Jazz up your Wardobe for Spring 2 (BAR24T079)

Greener Curriculum

If you're concerned about your environmental impact let us show you how to re purpose some more items from your wardrobe and stop them ending up in the bin.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Tuesday, 25 February 2025

Number of weeks: 6

Time: 09:30 - 12:00

Venue: Salvation Army (Barrow)

Free Course

Upcycling Textiles: Jazz up your Wardrobe for Spring 1 (BAR24T077)

Greener Curriculum

If you're concerned about your environmental impact let us show you how to re purpose items from your wardrobe to stop them ending up in the bin.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Tuesday, 14 January 2025

Number of weeks: 11

Time: 09:30 - 12:00

Venue: Salvation Army (Barrow)

Free Course

Word Improvers (BAR24T068)

Digital Skills

This course is suitable for learners who can use Word Processing software at a basic level and would like to benefit from the more advanced features available. Learners will feel able to use more advanced tools & techniques, allowing them to create impactful and engaging documents with confidence.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Friday, 20 June 2025

Number of weeks: 4

Time: 09:30 - 11:30

Venue: Barrow Library

Free Course